CARIBBEAN – Mighty Sparrow recuperating after surgery in the US

Mighty Sparrow. *Photo:kalamu.com NEW YORK, CMC – Doctors for legendary calypsonian Slinger Fransisco, known to his fans as the Mighty Sparrow, say the singer is in stable condition after undergoing... 

Politics

SURINAME – Bouterse and Venetiaan discuss transfer of power

Bouterse. Photo:picsdigger.com PARAMARIBO, Suriname, CMC – President-elect Desi Bouterse and outgoing Surinamese leader Ronald Venetiaan, two bitter political rivals, held their first formal... 

• BARBADOS – Government announces new diplomatic postings
• GUYANA – Opposition parties continue talks on coalition
• JAMAICA – Most citizens believe PM Golding lied over the extradition of Coke
• TRINIDAD – Prime Minister blanks calls for meeting with coup leader
• CARIBBEAN – Controversy looming over Kuwait’ PM’s Caribbean tour
• RWANDA – Caribbean nationals included in group to monitor elections in Rwanda
• UNITED STATES – Legislators push for Caribbean advocate to settle ethics charges
• TRINIDAD – People’s Partnership sweeps Local Government polls
• BERMUDA – Senior minister speaks out against racism

Tourism

BARBADOS-UK – Minister not optimistic that Britain will remove controversial tax

New UK PM David Cameron. *Photo: greatersurbiton.wordpress.com BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados, which depends on the United Kingdom  market for most of its tourists, is not holding... 

• BAHAMAS – China to fund mega tourism project
• Technical failures at utility companies affecting LIAT’s operations
• Canada’s largest cities to get a taste of paradise for Caribbean Week
• GUYANA – President defends hotel construction
• Tourism Minister defends moves to Chinese market
• Sylma Brown-Bramble is CTO’s director for the Americas
• St. Maarten, Anguilla tourism officials to improve visitor experience
• ANGUILLA: CM Hubert Hughes to address Caricom Heads in July
• CARIBBEAN: Tourism stakeholders advised to pursue a world class sustainable tourism product

Crime/Police

BERMUDA – ‘Facebook Fugitive’ charged in court over escape

HAMILTON, Bermuda CMC – Runaway prisoner Alvone Maybury, dubbed the “Facebook Fugitive” after posting messages on his social networking web site page, has been charged in court... 

• BARBADOS – Police believe they have cracked a cold murder case
• BARBADOS – Major drug bust
• JAMAICA – US pushing for extradition of Jamaicans on criminal charges
• BERMUDA – “Facebook” fugitive nabbed after two weeks on the run
• JAMAICA – Case against religious official postponed
• JAMAICA – Pastor shot and killed
• JAMAICA – Poll finds support for state of emergency
• UNITED STATES – Prosecution closes case against two Caribbean nationals on terrorism charges
• UNITED STATES – Police shift focus of investigation

Finance/Business

CARIBBEAN – Two Caribbean countries to benefit from IDB funded ICT projects

WASHINGTON, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago and the Bahamas will benefit from an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) project to finance seven pilot projects in information and communication technology... 

• Study urges Latin America and the Caribbean to develop stronger ties with India
• New UN report paints unflattering picture of Latin America and the Caribbean
• CARIBBEAN – High-level US official to visit three Caribbean countries
• TRINIDAD – Food prices push headline inflation to highest level in recent months
• BERMUDA – Protestors march against plans to shut down Corporations
• GUYANA – Venezuela to export more oil to Guyana
• JAMAICA – Boost for local economy as alumina plant re-opens
• OAS and CARICOM to mount joint electoral mission to Haiti
• CDB approves funding for projects in four regional countries

Sports

Windwards beat Leewards to lift Challenge title

GROS ISLET, St Lucia, July 26 – The Windward Islands showered themselves in glory after pulling off an emphatic seven-wicket win over the Leeward Islands to ensure their capture of the 2010... 

• Brathwaite rebounds to strike gold at CAC
• 3 FCIB visa cardholders win trips to FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa
• West Indies vs. South Africa ODI Series -Another Amla century pilots Proteas to last ball win
• CRICKET: Windies crash out of WT20 with woeful display
• CRICKET: Raj’s cameo not enough to save India
• CRICKET: Sri Lanka edge Pakistan in last-over victory
• CRICKET: Shillingford shines as Windies A make winning start
• READY FOR ACTION: Taylor set for role in Super Eights
• CRICKET: Aussies take bizarre win over title-holders

Agriculture

Guyana developing flood-resistant rice

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – Guyana is working with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) to develop a flood-tolerant variety of rice so as to significantly reduce the impact the severe... 

• ST. LUCIA: New efforts to deal with the spread of Black Sigatoka
• GUYANA: Rice millers and exporters warned about abuse of farmers
• GRENADA: Officials fear disaster in western agricultural belt
• Agriculture brought to the fore of CARICOM
• ST LUCIA: Minister queries EU compensation package to ACP countries
• CARIBBEAN: Banana production affected by prolonged dry season
• GUYANA: Guyana and Israel to cooperate on developing agricultural sector
• Communication key to regional success – Suriname minister
• CARIBBEAN: New regional agency launched in Suriname

Accident/Tragedies

GUYANA: Body of teenage girl who died after exorcism to be exhumed

Rohee said he met with the parents and relatives of the child to inform them that an authorised position had been taken to exhume the body for a second autopsy and that a forensic pathologist... 

• TRINIDAD: Leading opposition activist killed in vehicular accident
• GRENADA: Government expresses condolences at the death of Polish president
• GUYANA: President Jagdeo expresses condolences to Poland
• ANTIGUA: Mystery illness claims the lives of two children
• BARBADOS: Bus crash injures more than 30 passengers
• JAMAICA: Two dead after boating accident
• BAHAMAS: Freak storm kills three people, leaves trail of damage
• TRINIDAD: Many left homeless as bush fires spread to buildings
• HAITI: Bodies of former ECCAA officials to be flown home next week

Court/Law

JAMAICA – Passengers of Flight AA331 file legal claims against airline

KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – Several passengers on the ill-fated American Airlines (AA) plane that crash landed here last December have filed legal claims against the airline, the Jamaica Observer... 

• UNITED STATES – Defence attorney says JFK alleged plotters were trash talkers
• Tortola court sentences Guyanese man to 10 years for rape
• Unrest spreads in Jamaica over attempts to extradite drug suspect
• GOOD BYE: Belize abolishes all appeals to Privy Council
• UNITED STATES: Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal of woman on death row
• ST KITTS: Election petition cases to be heard in July
• JAMAICA: Opposition leader moves to get her name removed from extradition motion
• FEATURE: Complex legal issues overshadow moves to join regional court
• CARIBBEAN: Conference to examine treaty law and practices in the Caribbean